Chinese symbol for “subway”
地铁
dì tiě
Traditional: 地鐵
underground railway; subway; subway train
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subway is 地铁 (dì tiě), defined as: underground railway; subway; subway train.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “subway”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地下铁 (地下鐵) | dì xià tiě | subway; metro; underground |
| 地下铁路 (地下鐵路) | dì xià tiě lù | subway |
| 捷运 (捷運) | jié yùn | (Tw) mass rapid transit (MRT); subway |
| 轨道交通 (軌道交通) | guǐ dào jiāo tōng | metro; rapid transit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 地铁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 铁路 (鐵路) | tiě lù | railroad; railway |
| 钢铁 (鋼鐵) | gāng tiě | steel |
| 高铁 (高鐵) | gāo tiě | high speed rail |
| 地铁站 (地鐵站) | dì tiě zhàn | subway station |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subway”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.